Numbers 18:6:2Num.18.6.W2TAB
הִנֵּ֤ה
hineh
“behold”
- Transliteration
- hi-NEH
- Extended
- hee-NEH
- IPA
- /hinˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- behold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti
- clause
va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-a-NI hi-NEH la-KAKH-ti ET-a-KHEI-khem hal-vi-YIM mit-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL la-KHEM mat-ta-NAH ne-tu-NIM la-ye-ho-VAH la-a-VOD ET-a-vo-DAT O-hel mo-ED
Exegesis
The clause opens with the emphatic pronoun va’ani {וַאֲנִ֗י | wa-ʾă-nî} and particle hinneh {הִנֵּ֤ה | hin-nê} “behold,” a fronting device that highlights divine initiative.
Root and etymology
k-h-nk-h-n
“priesthood”
In context — Numbers 18:6
And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel for you a gift given to the LORD to serve the service of the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 18:6, so the Hebrew word הִנֵּ֤ה (hineh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.18.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.6.W2.S1) and character.